A day like today can spoil a bike tourist. It was so nice to ride a lot less miles and see sights along the way. The ride was 35 miles, but I had to cook today so we had to ride 5 miles in and out to get groceries. It was hamburgers and salad this evening and if I have to say so myself, it was pretty good.
We are just outside of Washington tonight. We rode a bike trail for 20 miles getting out of Washington and it was a nice ride. It extended all the way to Mt. Vernon which we were able to tour today. Before getting there, we stopped at Arlington National Cemetery and watched the changing of the guard. I don't know how many of you have seen that, but it is very impressive and very humbling. They do it at the tomb of the unknown soldier and it happens at least every hour, day and night, 365 days a year. It makes me sad to be in that cemetery. It just makes me sad that we as humans go to war to settle our differences. I know it has to happen, but there are too many lives that didn't get lived in that cemetery and that cemetery is just a small part.
We also visited the new memorial at the pentagon. That was quite a sight as well. There is a seperate memorial for each person that died at the Pentagon and in the plane and the memorial is set up starting with the youngest to the oldest. The youngest was a three year old girl on the plane. Each memorial Is a bench and the bench points toward the Pentagon if they were on the plane and away from it if they were in the building. Again, kind of makes you sad.
We stopped at Mt. Vernon as I mentioned. That is George Washington's home. It is a beautiful home on the Potomac river and it was interesting to learn of his life.
Well my battery on the phone is running out and no other connection to the outside at the camp we are in so I better quite. Goodnight!
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